Wooden Spear

“You laugh at Mutombo’s spear?”
— Mutombo, proud Utulu warrior, 1035 FB

Wooden spears are used mainly in places where metal blades are luxury items and most warriors still rely on weapons made of stone and wood. Ineffectiveness against heavy armor, and especially plate armor, is their greatest weakness, but wooden spears are quite capable of killing unarmored and lightly armored opponents.

“People around here stopped using wooden weapons long ago, but I’ve seen many Utulus fight with wooden spears, and they are just as scary as barbarians with battle-axes.”

— Brother Hilbert of Auen, Blessed One of Peraine

“Good weapons are made of steel, but we can’t blame the Utulus if Angrosh didn’t give them any iron.”

— Arbosh son of Angrax, forge dwarf master smith

“Ferkinas use wooden spears, and they have killed many people.”

— Mirhiban al’Orhima, Tulamydian fire mage

Technique	Damage	P+T	AT/PA	Reach	Weight	Length	Cost	Complexity
Polearms	d6+2	AGI/STR 15	0/0	long	1 stn 2 lbs	150 hf/cm 60 inches	1 S	primitive

Weapon Advantage: Add 1 DP when attacking targets with armor of PRO 2 or less.

Weapon Disadvantage: Subtract 1 DP when attacking targets with armor of PRO 5 or greater.